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AusTexMurf

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From: South Austin

Registered: 2008-11-21

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The Car Must No Longer Be King

In a successful modern city, the car must no longer be king
Our love affair with automobiles has shaped our cities and our lives – but mature metropolises are finally realising that the needs of people are even more important

We bottled water and it became fashionable. That’s what we need to do for walking.” By the late 1990s, it was obvious to us that making London more walkable – and “liveable” – was fundamental to the future success of the city. There seemed an urgent need to create streets and spaces that made people feel they were planned for them, not cars; that exploration on foot or a bike was a positive choice, not a necessary evil....

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